Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 629 476 427
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.67% 14.12% 9.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.22% 52.89% 41.78%
Number of salaries quoted 454 364 285
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £73,250 £78,450
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,361 900 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.61% 26.69% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 967 652 596
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,188 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,069 £61,563 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +1 208 £60,000 +9.09% 106
Essex -4 141 £40,000 - 56
Cambridgeshire -16 128 £55,000 +52.78% 117
Suffolk +34 71 £39,875 -20.25% 32
Norfolk -1 54 £55,000 +10.00% 30
Bedfordshire -19 26 £39,000 +14.71% 35
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 108 (17.17%) SharePoint
2 54 (8.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.75%) WordPress
4 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.48%) IIS
4 3 (0.48%) SAS
5 2 (0.32%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) Luigi
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 37 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.32%) Infor M3
2 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.32%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 205 (32.59%) Microsoft 365
2 122 (19.40%) Entra ID
3 81 (12.88%) Power Platform
4 76 (12.08%) Azure AI
5 75 (11.92%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (11.13%) AWS
7 65 (10.33%) OneDrive
8 32 (5.09%) PowerApps
9 31 (4.93%) Power Automate
10 26 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 25 (3.97%) GitHub
12 24 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
13 22 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
15 20 (3.18%) GCP
16 18 (2.86%) SaaS
17 17 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 16 (2.54%) GitHub Copilot
18 16 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
19 13 (2.07%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (12.24%) Firewall
2 68 (10.81%) DNS
3 53 (8.43%) DHCP
4 52 (8.27%) VPN
5 38 (6.04%) TCP/IP
6 18 (2.86%) Wireless
7 17 (2.70%) MQTT
8 12 (1.91%) Network Security
8 12 (1.91%) VLAN
8 12 (1.91%) WAN
9 11 (1.75%) Internet
9 11 (1.75%) LAN
9 11 (1.75%) VoIP
10 8 (1.27%) PBX
11 7 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.64%) DMZ
12 4 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
13 3 (0.48%) Broadband
14 2 (0.32%) SSL
14 2 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (15.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 60 (9.54%) Power BI
3 56 (8.90%) MongoDB
4 29 (4.61%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (3.34%) Tableau
7 12 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.75%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.64%) MySQL
11 3 (0.48%) Metadata
11 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.32%) Big Data
12 2 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 22 (3.50%) Git
2 11 (1.75%) JIRA
3 5 (0.79%) Selenium
3 5 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.48%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.48%) git-flow
4 3 (0.48%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.32%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.16%) ERwin
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) JMeter
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
6 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.16%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 279 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.86%) Finance
3 26 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (2.23%) Legal
5 13 (2.07%) Marketing
5 13 (2.07%) Retail
6 12 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (1.91%) Law
7 11 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.43%) Games
10 6 (0.95%) Advertising
10 6 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.64%) Music Industry
13 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.48%) Aviation
13 3 (0.48%) Banking
14 2 (0.32%) Billing
Job Titles
1 149 (23.69%) Developer
2 111 (17.65%) IT Support
3 85 (13.51%) Analyst
4 82 (13.04%) .NET Developer
5 79 (12.56%) Support Engineer
6 77 (12.24%) IT Engineer
7 67 (10.65%) Senior
8 65 (10.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 51 (8.11%) Junior
10 46 (7.31%) Junior Analyst
11 34 (5.41%) Lead
12 33 (5.25%) Network Engineer
13 31 (4.93%) Senior Developer
14 30 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (4.45%) Azure Engineer
15 28 (4.45%) Consultant
15 28 (4.45%) Graduate
16 26 (4.13%) Security Analyst
17 25 (3.97%) 2nd Line Support
17 25 (3.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (18.60%) .NET
2 94 (14.94%) .NET Core
3 78 (12.40%) ASP.NET
4 77 (12.24%) ASP.NET Core
5 58 (9.22%) RESTful
6 57 (9.06%) CSS
7 52 (8.27%) HTML
8 35 (5.56%) Entity Framework
9 34 (5.41%) React
10 30 (4.77%) ML.NET
11 28 (4.45%) Blazor
11 28 (4.45%) Node.js
12 24 (3.82%) Terraform
13 22 (3.50%) AngularJS
14 21 (3.34%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (3.18%) Vue
16 19 (3.02%) FastAPI
17 18 (2.86%) Kafka
17 18 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
17 18 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.36%) Driving Licence
1 40 (6.36%) Onboarding
2 31 (4.93%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.18%) Cyberattack
4 15 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.91%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.11%) CCTV
9 7 (1.11%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.11%) iPhone
9 7 (1.11%) Mobile App
10 6 (0.95%) Digital TV
10 6 (0.95%) Legacy Code
10 6 (0.95%) PKI
10 6 (0.95%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 157 (24.96%) Windows
2 90 (14.31%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.38%) Linux
4 14 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.91%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.75%) Android
7 10 (1.59%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.32%) Unix
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (20.83%) AI
2 122 (19.40%) Agile
3 117 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
4 98 (15.58%) DevOps
5 91 (14.47%) Mentoring
6 90 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (12.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 80 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (12.24%) CI/CD
10 65 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
11 55 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 51 (8.11%) Machine Learning
13 44 (7.00%) Roadmaps
14 41 (6.52%) Cloud Security
15 40 (6.36%) Service Delivery
16 39 (6.20%) Migration
17 38 (6.04%) Computer Science
17 38 (6.04%) Containerisation
18 36 (5.72%) ITIL
19 35 (5.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 188 (29.89%) SQL
2 143 (22.73%) C#
3 99 (15.74%) Python
4 57 (9.06%) PowerShell
5 54 (8.59%) JavaScript
6 39 (6.20%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.02%) PHP
8 14 (2.23%) C++
9 10 (1.59%) Java
10 9 (1.43%) Bicep
11 8 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.11%) Rust
13 4 (0.64%) Bash
13 4 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.48%) Ruby
14 3 (0.48%) Scala
15 2 (0.32%) Go
16 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 135 (21.46%) Azure Certification
2 78 (12.40%) Degree
3 39 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (4.77%) CCNA
5 28 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 27 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
7 20 (3.18%) CEH
7 20 (3.18%) CompTIA CySA+
8 14 (2.23%) Security Cleared
9 9 (1.43%) CCNP
9 9 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.27%) SC Cleared
11 6 (0.95%) CISSP
12 5 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.48%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.48%) CCSK
13 3 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.93%) QA
2 26 (4.13%) SLA
3 24 (3.82%) GDPR
4 22 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (3.02%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.23%) NIST
7 13 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.27%) NCSC
9 7 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.95%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.79%) GRC
11 5 (0.79%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 4 (0.64%) PMO
13 3 (0.48%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.16%) HL7
14 1 (0.16%) IFRS
14 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 143 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 40 (6.36%) Docker
3 39 (6.20%) Hyper-V
4 31 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (12.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (6.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.11%) SCCM
4 5 (0.79%) Ansible
5 3 (0.48%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.48%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 436 (69.32%) Microsoft
2 64 (10.17%) ForeScout
3 50 (7.95%) Cisco
4 36 (5.72%) VMware
5 26 (4.13%) Apple
6 21 (3.34%) Google
7 13 (2.07%) Adobe
7 13 (2.07%) Facebook
7 13 (2.07%) Meraki
8 10 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.59%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (1.59%) Veeam
9 7 (1.11%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.11%) SonicWALL
10 6 (0.95%) Databricks
11 5 (0.79%) Sony
11 5 (0.79%) Yahoo!
12 4 (0.64%) Acronis
12 4 (0.64%) Draytek
12 4 (0.64%) Sophos